Bob Ritner
Florida Buy and Hold Investment Property Suggestions
I am interested in Southern Florida and a planning a scouting trip for a week in January. I was quite active in Southern California between 2009 and 2012, but the pickings here are getting too slim. I have been heavil...
Shalanna L. Pirtle
Questions, Questions - what is the best buy-and-hold strategy?
BP Family, deciding which route to take to take to acquire a rental property and would love your two cents. I live in Charlotte, NC and own my primary residence in the fastest growing region of the county. I am debati...
Amy Friend
3 Year Rent vs Buy in Houston
Hey BP Houston!
My husband and I are moving to the Houston area while he is on active duty in the USMC. We will be there approximately 36 months and will arrive in the early summer. He is currently deployed and we ar...
Jordan Hamilton
1st Deal - Who Gets What -
Hey Everybody, I am in the process of landing my first multi family apartment deal (aiming for 16 units) in Florida. I have my investors who are ready to 1031 out of their existing single family rental property (worth...
Vincent Crane
The importance of posting on BP (MUST READ FOR NEWBIES)
Over the last year, I've been saving up money for my first deal, and have yet to do one. When I first started on the site I felt that I had nothing to offer, yet. After reading the forums and listening to almost every...
Jacqueline Nguyen
5% Down on conventional loan on Multi-family offered?
Hi all! I've been reading a lot of forums on BP and saw many people say that 5% down conventional loans on a owner occupied fourplex is no longer existent. 3 out of 4 lenders I've reached out to also told me the same ...
Sophie Latapie
House hacking in Los Angeles, CA
Hi all! Newbie, prospective investor here. I'm hoping to house hack a duplex in Los Angeles County for my first investment property, but my mortgage banker (who's also an investor) said it's pretty much impossible to ...
Tom Dittrich
Fund of Funds for Syndication
Hello all,-I started an investing group for physicians. We have 1350 members in just 3 months. The group would like to pool capital and invest in real estate.-Initially I planned to syndicate myself. I am starting to ...
Michael Plaks
DEBUNKED: EOY tax planning "tips and loopholes"
Yes, this is an angry kind of post. I don't have much patience or sympathy towards the annual flood of "Terrific End-of-Year Tips to Cut Your Taxes" webinars, podcasts, articles and whatnot. You want a sample of this ...
Wendell De Guzman
Make $1M in 12 Months (Real Life of a Real Estate Investor Year 2)
Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...